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Jane M'ILWAIN
Jane M’Ilwain, first female telephonist, was appointed by accident at Gladstone, Queensland, in 1882.
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Mientje Adriana Anthonius Septimus MAAS
Born 1923
Also known as: Miki, Mikie
Member of the Dutch Underground Resistance Movement during World War II.
Engaged by Dutch Government to entertain troops in Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
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Mary Helen MAC KILLOP
Born 15/1/1842, Died 8/8/1909
17 Oct 2010 — Australia’s first Catholic saint — Saint Mary MacKillop of the Cross — Canonized in Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Eliza Elizabeth MacARTHUR-ONSLOW
Born 8/5/1840, Died 2/8/1911
Also known as: née MacArthur
Founded co-operative dairy and creamery for sharefarmers on “Camden Park.”
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Elizabeth MacARTHUR
Born 14 August 1766, Died 9 February 1850
Also known as: née Veale
Co-Founder of the Australian Wool Industry. With husband John, established “Elizabeth Farm” at Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales.Imported merino sheep from Cape o Good…
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Emily MacARTHUR
Born 26/2/1806, Died 27/11/1880
Also known as: née Stone, E. M. Fecit, Amelia MacArthur, Amelia Stone, Emily Stone
Wife of James MacArthur (son of Elizabeth and John Macarthur). Continued work on “Camden Park” with husband.
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Louisa MacDONALD
Born 10/12/1858, Died 28/11/1949
The first female principal of the University of Sydney’s Women’s College from 1892 – 1919 (chosen from 65 applicants.), she was also the first woman to stand for this…
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Maxine MacDONALD
Also known as: née Darrow, Mrs Mac
The driving force behind the Kimberley’s Fossil Downs Station. When her husband Bill died in 1963, she carried on singlehandedly managing the station.
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Frances MACK
Born 1922
Also known as: née Rowe
Pioneer of Victoria and New South Wales during The Depression and war years.
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Marie Louise Hamilton MACK
Born 10/10/1870, Died 23/11/1935
Also known as: née Mack, registered as Mary Louisa, Louise Creed, Gouli Gouli, Louise Leyland, Mary Mack
1914 — First woman war correspondent, Belgium, reporting for the Evening News and the Daily Mail.
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Isobel Marion Dorothea MacKELLAR
Born 1/7/1885, Died 1968
Also known as: Dorothea
Author the poem “My Country” and others including “The Closed Door,”, “The Witch Maid,” “Dream Harbour,” and “Fancy Dress.” Also…
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E. J. M. MacKENZIE
1876 — First female Superintendent of Children’s Hospital, King William Street, Adelaide South Australia.
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Evelyn Beatrice MacKENZIE
Also known as: Eveline
1894 — Won the first Australian women’s golf championship — Geelong, Victoria.
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Myra MacKENZIE
Born 1881, Died 1969
Also known as: née Rendle
1899 — First qualified female dentist in Queensland (practicing Brisbane 1899, registered 1903).
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Sarah Ann MacKERETH
Born 1819, Died 1882
Also known as: née O'Brien
Pioneer of South Australia and Mount Lofty Range District.
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Babs MacKINNON
2004 — Received Order of Australia, for her contribution to Australian Entertainment.
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Gracemary MacKINNON
Born 1911, Died 20/12/1994
Executive and Public Servant. 1940 — secretary to Australian Wool Board Secretariat; 1961 until retirement in 1971 — secretary to International Wool Secretariat; 1 of only 3 women…
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Mary Jane MacKINNON
Born 05/02/1881, Died 19/09/1964
Also known as: née Walsh, Jane
Wife of a drover and stock dealer. Lived at Government Bore on Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station where husband supplied water for camel trains between Maree and Alice Springs. Mary…
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Ella Annie Noble MacKNIGHT
Born 1904, Died 1/4/1997
First woman to serve on the Asian Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in 1965, she was also first female president of the Australian Council of the Royal College of Obstetrics…
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Joan MacLEAN
Born 23/12/1909, Died 5/2003
Also known as: née Alborough
1939 – 1940 — Australian Inland Mission (A.I.M.) nurse at Marble Bar Hospital, Western Australia.
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Annie Jean MACNAMARA
Born 1/4/1899, Died 13/10/1968
Also known as: Jean, Jean Connor
First woman Resident Medical Officer at Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
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Christina Rutherford MacPHERSON
Born 19/06/1864, Died 27/03/1936
Also known as: McPherson
Christina McPherson played the zither/autoharp. Banjo Paterson heard her play her recollection of the Craigielee March she had heard at Warnambool. While Christina played, he wrote…
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Sarah MADDOCK
Born 29/10/1860, Died 9/9/1955
Also known as: née Porter, Mrs E.A. Maddock
1893 — First Australian woman to achieve a long distance cycle ride from Sydney to bega.
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Berna Jean MADILL
Born 30 December 1923
One of Australia’s first female gynaecologists and obstetricians.
1960 — Completed medical studies, Melbourne University.Worked at McBrides Hospital for Women and Alice… -
Kathleen Mary MAHONY
Born 8/1/1908, Died 30/04/2003
Also known as: née O'Shea, Kath
Pioneer as policeman’s wife at Roper River, Lake Nash, Arltunga, and Anthony’s Lagoon. Managers of Larrimah Hotel, Northern Territory (owned by O’Shea family -…
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Marie MAHOOD
Died 03/2009
Co-founder, with husband, of property “Mongrel Downs” Northern Territory near Western Australian border in Tanami Desert.
Journalist.
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Wirginia June MAIXNER
Born 28/6/1963
2007 — Performed the first auditory brainstem implant on a child in Australasia.
2009 — Separation of conjoined twins.
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Alice Maud MANFIELD
Born 9/9/1878, Died 14/7/1960
Also known as: née Manfield
Pioneer of Mt Buffalo district.
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Ida Caroline MANN
Born 6 February 1893, Died 19 November 1983
Also known as: née Mann, Caroline Gye (pseudonym), Ida Gye (married name)
1949 — First person to diagnose Trachoma epidemic in Indigenous population in the Kimberley area of Western Australia.
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Eleanor MANNING
Born 21/3/1906, Died 21/11/1986
1959 — Appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire, services as Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Australia.
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Susan MARAWARR
Born 1967
Aboriginal printmaker, sculptor, weaver and bark painter; exhibited throughout Australia, toured USA, with exhibition in 2001.
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Mary MARINAN
Born 1853, Died 1938
Also known as: née Ryan, Married name of MARRINAN later spelled MARINAN.
Pioneer in Cootamundra/Wallendbeen Districts, New South Wales.
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Elizabeth Nesta MARKS
Born 28 April 1918, Died 25 October 2002
Also known as: Pat, Patricia
An Australian entomologist who described 38 new mosquito species, as well as new species of fruit flies, bugs, cockroaches, and ticks.
1938 — Bachelor of Science in Zoology,… -
Susan Jean MARONEY
Born 15/11/1974
Also known as: Susie
1989 — She became the youngest person and fastest Australian to swim the English Channel.
1991 — She was the fastest person to complete a return swim across the Channel.
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Ann MARSHALL
Born 27/12/1909, Died 7/3/2001
Also known as: née Nichols
1940 – 50 — Instrumental in establishing Geography Department at the University of Adelaide.
1940 — Part-time lecturer in Geography Department.
1951 — Full-time appointment.
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